title: CABOTO, a high-gradient linac for hadrontherapy.
abstract: The field of hadrontherapy has grown rapidly in recent years. At present the therapeutic beam is provided by a cyclotron or a synchrotron, but neither cyclotrons nor synchrotrons present the best performances for hadrontherapy. The new generation of accelerators for hadrontherapy should allow fast active energy modulation and have a high repetition rate, so that moving organs can be appropriately treated in a reasonable time. In addition, a reduction of the dimensions and cost of the accelerators for hadrontherapy would make the acquisition and operation of a hadrontherapy facility more affordable, which would translate into great benefits for the potential hadrontherapy patients. The 'cyclinac', an accelerator concept that combines a cyclotron with a high-frequency linear accelerator (linac), is a fast-cycling machine specifically conceived to allow for fast active energy modulation. The present paper focuses on CABOTO (CArbon BOoster for Therapy in Oncology), a compact, efficient high-frequency linac that can accelerate C(6+) ions and H2 molecules from 150-410 MeV/u in ∼24 m. The paper presents the latest design of CABOTO and discusses its performances.
authors.affiliation: TERA Foundation, Fondazione Tera, Via Puccini 11, 28100 Novara, Italy. sverdu@bnl.gov
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verdú-Andrés
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Amaldi
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faus-Golfe
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon; D017357:Cyclotrons; D004867:Equipment Design; D063193:Heavy Ion Radiotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007477:Ions; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D061766:Proton Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017356:Synchrotrons
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D002244:Carbon
keywords: carbon ion therapy; cyclinac; hadrontherapy; high-gradient linac; multipainting